setting up a sony ericsson c905 with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
just a place to keep my notes as i go through this process.
update: i tried installing the iSync plugin mentioned by the commenter and so far so good... just remember that apple yanked all bluetooth functionality from 10.5's address book so there's no need to buy that from the feisar people unless you're on 10.4.
my next hallenge is going to be figuring out how to turn on 3G/GPRS... so far i've just been using it with wifi and haven't needed to worry about it, but the "auto setup SMS" thinggy sent to my phone by sonyericsson's site din't do squat to enable it.
had an iPhone and loved it, but missed having a decent camera and MMS... then it broke and Apple won't replace it and AT&T won't let me buy a new one for $199 because i'm not "upgrade eligible" -- so it's $499 for a 3G if i want one... then i got a c905 for my birthday -- problem solved :)
obiously uncle steve wants to lock you in to his universe and never let you leave, so the oh-so-wonderful "beam my entire extended contacts from one phone to the other" on my old SE phones doesn't exist on the iPhone... so how to get my contacts onto the new phone...
update: i tried installing the iSync plugin mentioned by the commenter and so far so good... just remember that apple yanked all bluetooth functionality from 10.5's address book so there's no need to buy that from the feisar people unless you're on 10.4.
my next hallenge is going to be figuring out how to turn on 3G/GPRS... so far i've just been using it with wifi and haven't needed to worry about it, but the "auto setup SMS" thinggy sent to my phone by sonyericsson's site din't do squat to enable it.
had an iPhone and loved it, but missed having a decent camera and MMS... then it broke and Apple won't replace it and AT&T won't let me buy a new one for $199 because i'm not "upgrade eligible" -- so it's $499 for a 3G if i want one... then i got a c905 for my birthday -- problem solved :)
obiously uncle steve wants to lock you in to his universe and never let you leave, so the oh-so-wonderful "beam my entire extended contacts from one phone to the other" on my old SE phones doesn't exist on the iPhone... so how to get my contacts onto the new phone...
- connect and pair the phone with bluetooth... (god i missed having wireless access to my phone's filesystem! hooray! no more "iTunes AND aperture AND iPhoto MUST launch because an iPhone has been attached to USB and NO there's NO preference to turn that off") hmm... Address Book.app is not showing me bluetooth options at all. This isn't good.
- launch iSync and add new device... "Sony Ericsson C905 -- this device is not supported." Crap.
- email a test Vcard to my phone from Address Book.app. it arrives via SMS as expected, but the phone doesn't recognize it and can't add the contact. Grrm.
- On the phone, create one fake contact
- Back up the contacts database to the memory card (Contacts > Options > Advanced > Back up to m. card)
- Use the bluetooth file browser to figure out which file it just made (Memory Card/System/PIM/PB_Backup.vcf). this looks promising...
- (if you want to do this yourself, i think you just start here:)
- Open Address Book.app and export my contacts as a group vcf, name it PB_Backup.vcf)
- Use the file browser to delete the backup on the phone (if one is there)
- Use the file browser to replace the backup with the one i exported from Address Book.app (Memory Card/System/PIM/PB_Backup.vcf)
- Restore this backup on the phone (Contacts > Options > Advanced > Restore from m. card)
- Done. should take all of about 2 minutes :)
The Sony Ericsson C905 is supported by iSync. All you need is an iSync Plugin from http://www.feisar.com/
ReplyDeleteIt's a MUCH easier solution than what you posted above!
sweet! i'll have to check it out....
ReplyDeleteON THE SONY ERICSSON HOMEPAGE THERE IS THE DMG FOR ISYNC TO SEE C905, 4FREE
ReplyDeleteI DL the iSync from the SE website and also the Media Manager (Mac) and you can Sync your itunes play list with the phone (I set up a Mobile Sync pls and it works great!).
ReplyDeleteLove how you can have a Mac and a SE 905 and it works smoothly! I don't really need an iPhone until it comes with C905 camera quality (Flash anyone?) and video phone (iChat would be a little step to implement).